The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-08
THE REMEDY,

TIE REMEDY.
Ho gives the following ways in which
tho receipts and expenditures Of tie Gov.
ernnent can be Eads about equal:
First-The purchsee OF the interest bear.
ing dsbt OF the Government.
sscond-Lsrgor expenditures by the
Government Ter other purposes than the
purchase Of bonds, SO that they ehhll each
year equal the taxation Of tha. year.
,Thi1d-Reduct,on Of the revenue from
taxation TO ths amount actually required
10 neet necessary expeGseB. u,.. 81
All OF the;e e1pedients haya in common
the one msrir OF preventing the dersnge.
ment to business which must blow hoard.
iny or locking up in the Treasury tho cir.
culstins media Of the people.
In regard to the trst plan the Eccsotcry
sgrUco with what the President in his
mrsssgs said OIL the eann subject.
He teen Gays: II Ca2not bs!ioYe that il
will adopt The second expedient, viz: tho
enlargement Of the Govurnmsnt expense
simply to expeud the money raised by
tax .ticn when tho public veal does not
otherwise call for the expenditure"
Ir THE INTERNAL REYESUB. pf h. .
Reduction Of tho revenue from taxation
is the only TT 1smsdy fos the il!s 1hich
thres!en tho country. Thia nay be &C.
pliBned in various ways.
Ono is to'rsducs or abolish internal rev.
enus taxation. IN favor OF this is tho fact
that in ama!l part Of the Southern States
toe internal tax on liquors and tobacco 10
thought to be oppressive and Is odious to
the people ol those regions; and the
further fact that by i,a reduction the ex.
psnses OF its collection might bs somewhat
reduced,
Tho chioi causs for the prejudice against
this tax seena TO bs that as there was no
such tax before the war Tor the Union it
is locked upon as reminder Of thu meas.
ures adopted to raise money to carry on
the war, and which ought Eos to be con.
tinusd in time Of pesce, aud as interfering
in come way with tho natural rights Of
mankind to grow grain and tobacco and
manufacture therefrOm cigars, snuff and
the varioua forms Of merchantable tobac.
CO. OF course taxation Of whisky end to.
bacco trespasses no more upon the natural
rights OF man than does the taxation OF
his clothing or his bedding or every i'm.
plement which he uses in the cultivation
Of his grain and tobacco and in the dist;l.
lation or manufacture Of the sRmc.
| YOU TAXES YOUR CHOICE. Il,
The burden OF the one tax is direct,
known as fixed; the whole OF it goes into
the Governments treasury; tho burden
OF the other is indirect and unkuoan and
only portion Of i! comes into the treasury.
1t reaches the farmer or dieliler increased
by the profit upon itseli, which every mer-
chant must TAKE aa the clothing or tools
pGss through bis hands on their. journey
to them from the foreign or domestic
manuiasture. Taxation there must be-:
the choice is between tho kinds Of taxa.
tion; each man can decide for EinBelf, il
he will examine the subject fres from
prejudice which is the least business for
him, for his family and for bis neigh.
bora and which is in the end better
for his whole country. That internal tax
alton OF spirits and tobacco began dufipu
the war Ii not reason i. ahould bs done
away with nov, If it be in itself wise, So
also the fact that the rates of custom tax.
alton raised during the same war are
higher than ever bsfore in our history,
and have been continued until now,
ought not to determine the manner Of
their treatment; this ahould ther de.
pend upon what ia just and expsdient at
the present time. -.s.,,.
| t- REDUCE THE TARIFF.
In the revenue from customs taxation
is where the reduction is to be made, and
while reducing, advantage should be
taken of the opportunity to reform the
abusco and inequalities Of the tsriff lava
Add to the free trade list as many articles
as possible. Reduce duties upon eyery
dutiable article to the love point posBi.
ble; but In aecertainiug these possibilities
tho present situation Of labor and business
must always be kept in mind. ~ :
One argument urged in favor OF tho
continuance OF the present highly pro.
tective tariff would, If admitted to be true.
establish the claim that the minority Of
the labor and people OF this country have
made compact with the minority that
the majority will pay the minority more
for certain Articles, to be made BY the
latter, than the price at which the people
Of other countries are willing to ssll the
same; that the evidence Of this ia found
In our tariff laws which have kept duties
at highly protective rate since early IL
the war, aud In the continued existence
Of those laws Tor so long time; and thal
under these conditions many lahoriur
men have become so employed in certoir
industries that 1t might be difficult io]
them at once to get other work.
After paying due regard to all thes.
: equities, after providing for due obsery
ance of every obligation, it will be ioune